Don't Blame It on Your Wife - Rick Nelson

A lyrical oddity from the former teen idol and suburban, Twinkie bar Elvis manqué. From his country rock phase (which came after his 'teen pop' phase and his 'folk rock' phase and just before his 'dying a fiery screaming death in a plane crash' phase) Rick, all earnest, whimsical and Tim Hardin-like, sings about the farmer's wife and her lack of farming skills:

"She's an OK farmer, she's a good wife instead. And she's yours for your life. Don't put her down. She'll be there 'till you're dead. Buy her a tractor instead."

Er, yeah. A tractor - just what every woman wants. A bit excessive perhaps, Rick, even with EU farming subsidies. I'm sure she'd be just as happy with a new milking stool, a top of the range wax jacket, a box of Mingles, 'Hairbrush Divas' on cd, or maybe a brand new shotgun to shoot crows and gypsies with.

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I'm a Soldier in the Army of God - Reverend Louis Overstreet

Hallelujah God. Glory Jesus. Highway with Harry Secombe. Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah! It's the Reverend Louis Overstreet. He's wilder than Little Richard. His sacred primal scream makes James Brown sound like Westlife. He goes down a storm at the annual Church beetle drive and cheese and wine evening.

Leave your 21st century metropolitan scepticism and secular Englishness in the vestry (leave it right next to the vicar's Lord Anthony ski jacket and the collection box for the hungry Kenyans), because this is great.

"Bless the backsliders. Bless that sinner man. Bless that sinner woman, y'all."

The Reverend even starts speaking in tongues, which is the external manifestation of the Holy Spirit. It sounds like Welsh.

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If it's ever been on K-Tel or Ronco, it's in. If it features hand claps, cow bells, syrupy orchestration, walls of sound, wrecking crews, sha-la-las, toothy teen idols, candy-based metaphors for carnal acts or lyrics about hugging, squeezing and rocking all night long, it's in.

I don't think I can wait 4 days and 12 hours ish



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